Email Countermeasures

Some email addresses get tons of unwanted email, while others get very little.

The main reason for getting lots of spam is making it on to one of the dozens of databases spammers use to locate their victims.

There are many sources these databases are populated from. One of the more common ways is to have "robots" harvest email addresses from the internet. They "crawl" webpages and usenet groups much like the search engines do - looking for email addresses that could be valid.

While it won't help you in eliminating your existing spam problem, this website offers several suggestions for how to make your email address publicly available to others (especially on a website), but not end up on the spammer's lists.

If you're already getting bunches of spam - the best way to eliminate it is with a high performance spam blocking software such as SpamButcher.

Resource: Email Countermeasures